CHEST: No Smoking Pledge

“As a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians, and a leader in the most important struggle faced by health – care professionals, the prevention and control of our major health problems of lung cancer and cardiovascular, and chronic pulmonary disease, I shall make a special personal effort to control tobacco use, and to eliminate this hazard from my office, clinic, and hospital. I shall ask all of my patients about their use of tobacco, and I shall assist the tobacco user in eliminating this deadly habit. I shall devote time to educating the public about the hazards of tobacco. I make this pledge to my patients and to society.”